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A fuzzy issue of responsible disclosure

A fuzzy issue of responsible disclosure

Posted Sep 1, 2022 12:56 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: A fuzzy issue of responsible disclosure by anton
Parent article: A fuzzy issue of responsible disclosure

And a PS/2 mouse?

Epoxying USB ports looks like they're doing "something", but it only deters the really simplest attacks and shows the incompetence of the sysadmins.

Windows (which I assume they're using) supports USB port lockdown that can simply disables ports, and enables them for trusted devices only. It can also work in tandem with secure boot to prevent bootloader attacks.

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A fuzzy issue of responsible disclosure

Posted Sep 2, 2022 7:46 UTC (Fri) by daenzer (subscriber, #7050) [Link]

> Windows (which I assume they're using) supports USB port lockdown that can simply disables ports, and enables them for trusted devices only.

FWIW, this is possible with Linux as well, e.g. using https://github.com/USBGuard/usbguard .


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